The Sédelle is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

in the

Creuse Creuse (; oc, Cruesa or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the ea ...

department, central

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; it is a tributary of the river

and a sub-affluent of the

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhôn ...

Geography

It is long. The river spring is located near Lizières. The river has a meandering path. It joins la Creuse near the lac de Chambon.

Towns

La Sédelle flows through the communes of Lizières,

Saint-Priest-la-Feuille Saint-Priest-la-Feuille (; oc, Sant Prit la Fuèlha) is a commune in the Creuse department in central France. Geography The river Semme has its source in the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Creuse department The following i ...

La Souterraine La Souterraine (; Limousin: ''La Sotarrana'') is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography La Souterraine is an area of farming and light industry, comprising the town and a few small haml ...

Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat (; oc, Sent Anhan) is a commune in the Creuse department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Creuse department The following is a list of the 256 communes of the Creuse department of France ...

Saint-Germain-Beaupré Saint-Germain-Beaupré (; Limousin: ''Sent German'') is a commune in the Creuse department in central France. Population See also * Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré *Communes of the Creuse department The following is a list of the 256 ...

, Saint-Léger-Bridereix, Sagnat,

La Chapelle-Baloue La Chapelle-Baloue (; oc, La Chapèle) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography A farming area comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated at the junction of the rivers S� ...

, Lafat and Crozant.

Fish

La Sédelle is lush in wild trouts (truites farios), chubs,

bleaks ''Alburnus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks. A group of species in the genus is known as shemayas. The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm, and the center of diversit ...

, pikes and

zander The zander (''Sander lucioperca''), sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Percidae, which includes the perches, ruffes and darters. It is found in freshwater and brackish habitats in western Eurasia. It is a popu ...

s. Elle fait ainsi le bonheur des pêcheurs creusois.

Curiosities and tourism

, medieval town, 11th and 12th century church (tower from the 13th), with a crypt enclosing an old subterranean* Gallo-Roman sanctuary. Many middle-age and Renaissance houses. * the name of the city * The lac de Chambon : aquatic sporting activities; hiking; dam visit * The Crozant school, inhoding landscape painters of the 19th and 20th centuries, near Crozant and Fresselines (a generic term), referring to those who sought inspiration on the riverbanks of la

. In 1889, during a stay at Fresselines,

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During ...

carried out a first series on the confluent of the two Creuses. He made 23 canvas paintings in the valley.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Creuse {{France-river-stub